Give me some good Vitali Klitschko fights to watch

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  1. ThatOne

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    I'm going to pretend the guy getting rocked is Putin.
     
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  2. NoNeck

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    Sanders and Lewis
     
  3. cross_trainer

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    In that case, you'll want to go with Briggs or Peter. Both are long, drawn out beatings.
     
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  4. ThatOne

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    Shannon Briggs used to post on boxrec until the trolls drove him away. I told my buddy who had over two hundred amateur fights that I look at the Lewis -Klitschko fights differently now.
     
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    In what way do you look at them differently?
     
  6. ThatOne

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    Lennox Lewis is one of my favorite boxers so I didn't mind Vitali losing. Now I mind. Vitali really is a brave guy and so is President Zelensky
     
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    He dominated most of the fights he won so they weren't good fights in that sense. I enjoyed seeing him crush an overweight Kirk Johnson and I still remember Larry Merchant stating "that whale has been harpooned"
     
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  8. ThatOne

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    I'm watching the BBC right now and they're talking about his bravery.
     
  9. NoNeck

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    He used to post here.
     
  10. ThatOne

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    Does he still post here?
     
  11. ThatOne

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    I watched the fight just now.
    He took that guy apart. I didn't know Klitschko lived in Beverly Hills. He gave that up to be mayor of Kyiv and now he's staying to defend it from a Russian invasion. It's ironic that he was a product of the Soviet amateur boxing program when Ukraine was part of the USSR.
     
  12. ZoDoX

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    Lewis and another one i dont remember other guy name
     
  13. Balder

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    Sanders was one of the most fun. Vitali for once actually felt a punch hit him. He was staggered a little bit. Corrie was a fast, hard punching south paw and surprised Vitali.

    Vitali of course started a complete beatdown thereafter with very exciting shots from Sanders all the way till the end.

    I just watched , Wlad vs Sanders, and then Vitali vs Sanders back to back. Really was a good way to size up both the brothers and their styles vs this common opponent.

    I believe Corrie would have knocked Lewis out had Lennox been in there rather than Vitali.
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    No
     
  15. Bigcheese

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    I have a lot of respect for people who could live a comfortable life but choose to put themselves in a dangerous situation to do what they see as right. The NFL player who died in Afghanistan comes to mind. I'm sure with the Klitschkos money they could easily get out of Ukraine if they wished.